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Sir Owen Willans Richardson, FRS (26 April 1879 – 15 February 1959) was a British physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1928 for his work on thermionic emission, which led to Richardson's law.
Owen Willans Richardson (Dewsbury, 26 aprile 1879 – Alton, 15 febbraio 1959) è stato un fisico inglese. Frequentò i corsi universitari a Cambridge e a Londra. Nel 1911 venne eletto membro dell'American Philosophycal Society e nel 1913 fu fatto fellow della Royal Society.
He was awarded the Hughes Medal by the Royal Society (1920), especially for work on thermionics; elected President, Section A, of the British Association (1921) and President of the Physical Society, London (1926-1928); appointed Yarrow Research Professor of the Royal Society, London (1926-1944), and knighted in 1939.
Sir Owen Willans Richardson (born April 26, 1879, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, Eng.—died Feb. 15, 1959, Alton, Hampshire) was an English physicist and recipient of the 1928 Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on electron emission by hot metals, the basic principle used in vacuum tubes.
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RICHARDSON, Owen Willans. Giorgio Diaz de Santillana. Fisico, nato il 26 aprile 1879 a Dewsbury (Yorkshire); premio Nobel del 1928. Studiò a Cambridge (Trinity College) e a Londra.
Owen Willans Richardson. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1928. Born: 26 April 1879, Dewsbury, United Kingdom. Died: 15 February 1959, Alton, United Kingdom. Affiliation at the time of the award: London University, London, United Kingdom.
Owen Willans Richardson, one of the most outstanding men of science of this century, was born on 26 April 1879 at Dewsbury, Yorkshire; the son of Josiah H. Richardson and Charlotte M. Richardson.
